Breathing Essentials: How to Breathe for Life

A Definitive Guide

What you'll learn

The student should have a basic understanding of how the body responds to dysfunctional breathing in any number of ways. It is suggested for further information, to progress to the other courses in the series.
This course will also deal with the basics of Covid 19 in an attempt to assist in education of the effects of this virus. This course will also attempt to provide knowledge of dealing with breathlessness and improving the capacity of breathing of those who have had covid 19.

Requirements

This course is a basic course designed for the general public. No previous knowledge or experience is required to learn to change your breathing patterns.

Description

Breathing Essentials: How to Breathe of Life. A Definitive Guide.

This is the first course in a series of six courses on Respiration and the effects either positive or negative on the body. It will reveal to you the importance of proper breathing mechanics and function. All information presented is based on science and research.

How do poor breathing patterns affect pain, posture, and function? This initial course is a standalone course that will provide information on the clinical implications of poor breathing patterns.

How should you breathe? Discussion of the basic anatomy of the rib cage, muscles of respiration is given. This topic is expanded with how we should breathe and how not to breathe. The dysfunction of the diaphragm will be explained.

Covid 19 will be discussed. The signs and symptoms of infection as well as a description of symptoms being experienced by Covid long haulers. Discussion of breathlessness positions and how to control breathing during this response will be taught.

Try the Nijmegen Questionnaire or the Self Evaluation Breathing Questionnaire to determine if you have symptoms related to your breathing.

Learn how to improve chest expansion.

Learn how to improve trunk rotation and decrease the rigidity of the body.

Follow a 3-6 week program on breathing exercises.

This course will give a brief discussion of the function of respiration and how it can alter your trunk stability and posture. For a full understanding, it is recommended to delve deeper into the subject with the entire Breathing Essentials Series. Further study in the Breathing Essentials Series will deal in detail with respect to anatomical details, core control, breathing pattern disorders, sleep apnea, and athletic performance.

Who this course is for:

This course is designed for the student who is interested in learning about neck pain, back pain, chronic pain, sleep apnea, fatigue, poor athletic performance, scoliosis, weak core and poor trunk control. Sounds like a lot but how we breathe will influence all of those issues.